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- 3. All the processes which enable living things to obtain the energy and matter they need to live.
- 6. Microscopic, prokaryotic organisms. They belong to the Monera Kingdom.
- 8. Fungi like truffles and chanterelle and porcini mushrooms are often used in a fine, method of cooking.
- 10. Organelles with a green pigment, chlorophyll, that absorb solar energy to produce organic matter during photosynthesis.
- 13. A type of asexual reproduction that it is particular of yeasts.
- 14. The fungus Penicillium is used to produce penicillin, one of the most widely used medicine.
- 16. Type of reproduction where one parent produces a new living thing that is identical to the parent.
- 17. Living things that feed on organic matter, like plants and animals. Animals, fungi and all protozoa are…..
- 19. The substance enclosed within the cell membrane. Many chemical reactions take place here.
- 22. The sum of all living things on the earth.
- 23. Unicellular fungi. Some are used to make bread, wine and beer.
- 24. Are the smallest structural units of life that can function independently.
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- 1. Cells with no nucleus or nuclear membrane. Genetic material is dispersed throughout the cytoplasm. They are simpler than eukaryotic cells.
- 2. Made up of one cell. Ex. Bacteria.
- 4. Cells which have a nucleus that is separated from the cytoplasm by the nuclear membrane. Animal cells and plants cells are two main types of…. cells
- 5. Made up of many cells. Ex. Plants and animals.
- 7. Fungi recycle organic material into simple substances that can be used by plants.
- 9. Heterotrophic living things with eukaryotic cells. They are made up of hyphae, which group to form the mycelium.
- 11. The first level of the taxonomy of living things. Living things which are physically similar.
- 12. Organisms like fungi that live and feed on dead or decomposing organic matter.
- 15. Living things which produce organic substances and energy from inorganic substances, for example, plants and algae.
- 18. Small structures in the cytoplasm responsible for respirations, making and storing nutrients, etc.
- 20. Membrane the outer covering of a cell that gives it shape and controls what passes in and out of the cell.
- 21. Type of reproduction where two parents, a male and a female, each contribute a sexual cell called a gamete to procreate.
